Liquid level control



July 26, 1949 D. M. .coMB 2,477,511

LI QUID LEVEL C ONTROL Filed June 4, 1948 Patented July 2.61, 1949 UNITED 2,477,51lll STATES PATENT OFFICE LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL David M. Comb, Belmont, Calif.

fippiieation .lune ll, 1948, Serial No. 31,019

7 Claims. i

This invention relates to apparatus ior the control and indication of liquid levels through the operation of valves or pumps by means of which such levels are maintained.

Among the objects of the invention are:

To provide a control wherein no moving parts are exposed to the liquid;

To provide a control wherein all oi the parts which are exposed to the liquid may be completely covered with materials which are resistive to the action of the liquid, so that corrosive materials can be controlled with equal facility as nonn corrosive materials;

To provide a control which is equally appli cable to electrolytic and nonelectrolytic liquids;

To provide a control in which extremely accurate settings of the points of operation or critical points is possible;

To provide a control wherein the latitude or spread between the on and off points can be readily and accurately adjusted to meet the desired conditions of operation, so that it is possible to avoid both too wide a fluctuation in liquid level and too frequent switching of the mechanism between the on and ofi positions; and

To provide a control of maximum reliability, accuracy, and simplicity, which has, at the same time, its range of sensitivity completely under the command of the operator.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be referred to or will become apparent in the ensuing description of the preferred form of my apparatus, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a circuit diagram ci a preferred embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are, respectively, a plan and a View partly in elevation and partly in section of a capacity element for use as the sensitive member for determining the liquid level;

Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of a modiiication of the circuit shown in Fig. 1, adapted for operation on smaller changes of capacity, and also adapted to reverse the operation of the device; and

Fig. 5 is a vector diagram o the voltages effestive at the operation points of my invention.

Liquid control devices are utilized in many industrial'prooesses, in many ways, and subject to many different requirements such as resistance to corrosion, sanitation, cycle of operation, and tolerance as to liquid level. One very severe type of duty is in refrigeration equipment, where the liquid to be controlled may be sulphur dioxide or liquid ammonia, both of which are highly corrosive and are handled under high pressure, so that there is danger of leakage or explosion. An entirely diilerent type of duty is in handling food stuiis such as milk, cream, or Syrups, where one of the primary requirements is that the elements which are exposed to the liquids to be controlled must be kept bacteriologically sterile. Still another type of duty is imposed upon controls for the level of inflammable liquids such as gasoline, where the hazard most seriously to be avoided is that of an electric spark which may precipitate an explosion of an entirely diierent type. In all of these applications it is essential that, should any failure occur in the equipment, it should fail safe. Furthermore, some of the liquids mentioned are electrolytes, while others are dielectrics. One of the principal advantages of the equipment of my invention is that it will meet the requirements of all of these various services without major adjustment, and with only such minor modification as can readily be made by an installer with his ordinary tools.

Fig. 1 shows the circuit of my invention connected for an application requiring moderate sensitivity, as, for example, in the case of a control of liquid ammonia in a refrigerating system. The device is provided with a pair of terminals l for connection to the ordinary alternating current supply and mains, and is protected by fuse 2. Connected with the terminals l are lines 3 and 4, constituting the general supply of circuit across which the various other circuits constituting the equipment are bridged.

The first of these bridging circuits is a voltage divider of suflicient impedance and carrying capacity to withstand being permanently connected across the supply voltage, say 120 volts. This can be a simple potentiometer, or a variable inductor such as the Variac. However, I find it economical and convenient to form the voltage divider out of two resistors, and in a standard form of the device designed for general purpose use I employ a fixed resistor (i of 10,000 ohms in series With a potentiometer 1 of 2,000 ohms resistance.

Connected in parallel with the voltage divider is a capacitive network. This comprises essentially a condenser 9 connected in series with the sensitive element l0. It is desirable, however, to provide additional elements in this network. One of these is a resistor Il, of about 40,000 ohms resistance, which functions purely as a safety device to prevent any serious shock to anyone coming in contact with the live portion of the circuit. As the impedance in series with this resistance is of the order of 10 megohms the resistor ll has a negligible effect upon the phasing of the currents and voltages through the circuit.

A second condenser I2, connected in parallel with the sensitive element l, is optional; in some instances it is desirable to have the sensitive element located at a considerable distance from the control apparatus proper, and in such cases I connect the two through a coaxial cable. Such a cable has a material capacity, and in or er to standardize manufacture I proportion the circuits normally for the Alongest cable which will ordinarily housed, and where a short cable is employed instead a condenser i2 maintains the operating points of the equipment at the same position by supplying an additional 'capacity equivalent to that of the cable.

Of much greater importance, however, and, in fact, one of the features which' contributes most greatly to the usefulness of the device, is a circuit comprising a high resistance i3 in series with a small variable condenser le. 1n the genera?. purpose equipment mentioned the condenser s is normally supplied with a capacitance of 25) niicro-inicrofarads. Thefelement it and the con= denser l 2, in parallel,l may have a capacitance of the/'order of 5,000V micromicrofarads; the denser the capacitance'of 1.40 micre-rnicrom iarads andthe resistorv tja resistance of 1) megohms.4 VIt isfto be understood that these values are given for illustrative purposes only, and that f they'can be, departed from veryv widely to meet varying conditions in practice.

The activ control'element of the device is a tube of the. grid-controlled gaseous-discharge type or.' grid glow. tube. Eor'best results l employ tube'i 5 having a heated. cathode il, theheater be ing excited 'by a transformerl bridged across the lines 3 and il. Suitable for` the purpose are tubes marketed underl the designations of GL- 502-Ajor Gli-2050. Bothoffthese'are doubled i that instant. Thisisthe average case, as there is a considerable vari-ation bet'wf-:enV individual tubes.

The control gridr. of. the tube is. connected to thejunction. of the,element I and the condenser 9. It is provided with a. high resistance (up to terL in egohms) gridlcak 21j, connected to the variable contact 2 2 onthe vol-tage divider. The screen grid 23 of the tube is connected to the cathode.

The work circuit comprises the, anode nl@ tubo l which connects through lead so one optionally, through a mill-iammeter- 2i) the coil 23v of; a relay tothelead- 3. A condenser 2d preferablyA bridged across the relay to prevent chatter. Thelcontrolled circuits ofthe relay ccm-s prise the connections with the armature and the iront and barok; Contatta. il and S2 respectivey- .ThoseControlled,oirooitslmarConnect o solenoidoperatcd valves, to a pump, or to suon other device as be; desired toV control; thev liquid level. Control obviously be either tilrouen the frontor the bach contact ofthe relay, deps-endn insumo the duly to be reformed inthe oase the ofrigeraiioo, System. mentioned; a solenoid valve isconnected'to beopened by closing the front'.Contact of therelainfwhich 4 of failure, the circuit will be opened and no dangerous flooding of the system will be produced. the equipment failing safe.

The sensitive element, probe or condenser it comprises a bushing 33, preferably made of stainless steel or othei` corrosion resistant material, which may be threaded into the tank containing the liquid to be controlled. Permanently inB to this bushing is an outer tubular sleeve which may be of metal having corrosion resistant characteristics, or it may ne porc is open at the lower end, and is provided, near the threads of the bushings, with a vent 35. Prou jecting centrally through the tube 3Q is a central rod t, which may also be porcelain coated, alY1 though this is not necessary in the case of a dielectric material like anhydrous liquid am lonia. However, even in this case the insulation may be used as a safety measure in the vent of the absorption of Water. The rod is insulated from the bushing, and sealed against escape of ammonia vapcr-,by a compressigble r cher'gaslgre't This is held inv compression by a nut havn ing a lipw-hichV pressesjagainst a cap ern to which the coaxial Vcableconncation be fas= tened. The inner conductor'foi the cable ccnnects to the rod through a 39"; u

The entire assembly constitutes a variable denser whose capacity iscnangedby the l iliquid between the outer shell'lf andthe rod 3E. As used in liquid ammonia, wit-habn eighth inch spacing between Vthe shell and rod, a capacity varia'ticncf about 309rncro-inicro ads per inch variation in liquid level is pro n the case oi the ammonia the variationin carn pacity is provided by the difference -in dielectric constant between. the' anoinonia and airj where electrolytes are to be controlled the perce coating on the rod 3E, the tube 3:31; or both, pro# vides the dielectric, the-liquid acting'as one vplate of the condenser in case only'one o f the't'wo mema bers is coated, or as the-pl-ates'of two condensers in series in case they-both are porcelain covered; in either. event, theresistanceintroduced into the circuit by theliquiditself isnotr a material-factor, and the deviceY looks "to the circuit like a pure capacity. which varies with' the liquidl level. f

In considering the` operation ofthe device it should be bornei'in mind that all electromagnetic relays require more currentto clese l'th-ein?'than they dotohold them-in the closed;A posiifionj 'El fs margin of operationlmay belsrnallg' but it always exists, and, in onertype ofrelay-whichlhave found it convenient to. use,-the closing:Y cur-rent is've milliarnperes whiletheroleasing current, or reinimum current requiredztorholdthe rela closed, is one milliampere.

It will rst be. assumed that thevariablecondenser lli is .adj-usted: to .minimumscapacim which, in the ordinaryA case, will be-,somewherebetween five and ten .microemicrofarads Thiscapacityis so small in comparisonwith'tht-'M250.micro-Inicio-u farads which it bridgesA that theeifect off the se ries resistance. I3 on-thefcircuit maylv-beinegleeted, and the voltage dividen comprisingJthecondenser 9 and the sensitiveelement Izmayfbe considered as a pure capacity, giving-a.fulltlledegreephase rotation.v between the voltage. applied.betweeny the leads s andiandthe current-which iiowsthroughthe series circuit. Ignoring,' forlthe.v moment,- the effect off the gridfleak 2li, and any gridcura rent which may W in. the; tube, the potential'r Gf the grid Elliwth reSPQQt-tofthelead 3.: s f`ixedi by the relative,valuesfofrthegtwoseries capacit. ties.l Since there is,nomateriatphaselrotaticn in either branch of the circuit the potential is in phase with that between the leads 3 and 4.

Similarly, the potential of the cathode il is fixed by the position of the variable contact 22 on the voltage divider 6, l. The cathode voltage is also necessarily in phase with the voltage between the two leads 3 and 4. By adjusting the contact 22 the cathode potential may be so varied with respect to the potentials of anode and grid as to cause the tube to break down and close the relay. if, as is here contemplated, closing the relay causes a rise in the level oi the liquid, the division of the voltage between the two series capacitances changes, making the grid more and more negative until a point is reached where conduction is either prevented entirely, or is reduced below the holding-current value of the relay, then the relay will open and the liquid level will cease to rise. The point at which this occurs can be adjusted by iirst setting the contact 22 so as to cause the relay to close, and by backing it off until the relay just opens at the maximum level desired.

Under these conditions the voltage between the leads l and 3 is represented by the vector 4B of Fig. 5, and the potentials of both the cathode and grid of the tube lie upon this vector, the cathode at the point 4l and the grid at the point 4.2. ri`he effective potential tending to cause breakdown of the tube is the portion of this vector indicated by the dimension line Es; the control grid potential which tends to oppose the breakdown is represented by the small vector Eg, measured in the reverse direction from the point lll, and varying in magnitude as the capacity of the element I0 changes with varying liquid level. The point 4l remains fixed as long as the position of the variable contact 22 remains unchanged. As the liquid level falls the magnitude of the vector Eg becomes smaller, and it may even reverse direction, but it always remains along the line of the vector til so long as the elements in this branch of the network are substantially pure capacities. It will be understood,

of course, that this situation only obtains until breakdown of the tube occurs through it starts.

In tubes having negative control characteristics, such as the one here used, the negative control voltages (with respect to the cathode) applied to the grid can be thought of as preventing the principal discharge through the anode circuit of the tube. This is in contrast to certain related tubes in which the control voltage applied to the auxiliary electrode is positive, and the control electrode acts as a starting anode. The tube, of course, carries current only in the half of the cycle in which the plate is positive; in the part oi the cycle where the grid swings positive there will be current to this element, but no real discharge will take place unless the plate is postive at the saine time. The negative potential required to prevent discharge is approximately proportional to the positive potential applied to the plate, although owing to the curvature of the characteristic this proportionality is not exact. The amount of current carried by the tube depends upon the impedance in the anode circuit and the proportion of the cycle wherein the tube carries current, and if the characteristie of the tube were a straight line the tube would either carry current during the entire half cycle when the anode is positive or not at all. Since the characteristic is curved there is a range of magnitudes for the vector Eg through and discharge which the current varies, but this range is very small and with the constants given a difference in level oi a quarter of an inch or even less (depending upon the characteristics of the particular tube used), may cover the total range between the instruments cutting in or out as the case may be. By decreasing the capacity in parallel with the sensitive capacitor l0 the range of operation between the critical points may be made even less than this.

Under many operating conditions a range of operation as small as this may not be suiicient. In nearly all industrial operations in which liquid level controls oi any kind are used there is an optimum range within which the liquid level should be held. If this range is too narrow the device will cut in and out almost continuously, and if the instrumentality which it operates is an induction motor, for example, the constantly applied starting duty may be suiiicient to burn it out even though the running load imposed upon it may be very light. On the other hand, the whole purpose of such a device is to maintain the level approximately constant, and too wide a range between the critical points'of operation may be just as serious as too narrow a range, if not more so. One of the disadvantages of prior types of control has been that it is extremely difiicult to adjust the range oi operation and one of the most valuable features of my device is that the range is completely under control.

rThe variation in range of operation is accomplished by means of the circuit comprising the ten-megchm resistor i3 and the variable condenser ifi. As has already been stated, when the condenser lli is set to minimum capacity this branch has practically no effect upon the circuit as a whole it reduces the impedance by two or three percent, and rotates the phase a few seconds. When, however, the condenser I4 is adjusted to the maximum capacity position, giving this branch of the circuit in parallel with the condenser 9 an appreciable admittance, it causes an advance in the phase of the voltage across the condenser 9 by approximately ten degrees with respect to that across condenser I0. It also 'den creases, slightly, the total impedance of the circuit, but this is unimportant as it can be adjusted for by moving the contact 22. In other words, it requires a slightly greater capacity in the element l@ to cause the voltages across it and the condenser 9 to divide in the same ratio, but this is adjustable by the contact 22 in any case.

With the resistor i3 out into the circuit to a greater or less extent by the operation of the variable condenser Ill, the voltages across the two arms of the circuit divide as is also shown in Fig. 5, the voltage across the element l0 being represented by the vector E1 while the voltage across the condenser d in parallel with the elements i3 and i4 is represented by the vector E2.-

The grid potential now becomes that of the point 43, and the grid voltage is represented by the short vector Eg.

It will be seen that this latter vector is no longer directly out of phase with the plate potential, but has been advanced with respect thereto and accordingly the grid potential is no longer directly proportional and opposite to the voltage on the plate. Whether the tube carries current or not depends now not only on the mere magnitude of the vector Eg, but also upon its phase angle with respect to the plate voltage. The grid voltage, in fact, will fall to zero while there is still a material positive potential upon the plate and complete cut-off will not occur until the projection of the vector E'g upon the vector il is equal to the value of Eg which itself would accomplish cutoii. Accordingly, the tube does not pass sudden- 1y from the condition of full-current to rio-current, but decreases the current gradually with change in liquid level, and, again with the particular constants Vof' the device described, the range of operation may be extended from the fractional inch as described before to a foot or more. Y Essentially the two voltage dividers constitute an A. C. bridge circuit, with the controls of the tube connected as the diagonal of the bridge. With minimum capacity of the condenser I4 the bridge is approximately balanced as to both potential and phase when the capacities are so set that Ythe tube does not nre; more capacity in the condenser M effectively putsresistance in parallel with one of the condenser arms of the bridge and destroys the phase balance, even 'thoughthe voltage balance be re=established- VIn actual practice the voltage relationships are not so simple as those which have been described. The lgrid draws current during vthe portion of the Y cycle in which it is positive, and thus collects a negative charge upon the condensers coupled between 'grid and cathode. The time Aconstant for the discharge of this circuit is very long, and there Ais accordingly a substantially constant negative bias potential upon the grid on which the vector vpotentials are imposed. Moreover, the condenser 29 `and the inductance and resistance of the relay coil 28 constitute a Yfilter circuit, the eiiect of which is to impose a constant negative bias upon the plate las well.

Owing to the vagaries Vof gaseous conduction tubes it i-sipra'ctically impossible to compute either the actual magnitude of these potentials or vtheir eifect upon the circuit. These facts are,however, of no practical importance, since they 'are automatically compensated ior in setting the device; the alternating potentials are readily made "to override lthe biases, and they are, `ir anything,

helpful.

When the condenser llli is used to adjust the range of operation of the Vinstrument it Vwill 'generally vbe necessary to do this in'two steps. Actually the approximate setting of the vcondenser it which fwill vbe required is usually known by eX- perience, vbut vif it is not the condenser can be set "to v'the Y'minimum Vcapacity position and the contact 22 can Abe set for the proper release 'level as before described. The liquid level can then be allowed to sink by the amount required, and the condenser ld adjusted until the relay cutsin. The Contact 122 is then readjusted to the proper cute'outlevel as before. lf necessarythis operation 'can be'frepea'tedone -or more times until the proper operating range is discovered Yby a's'eries of approximations. In any given installation experience will quickly teach how much variation of the condenser ld is necessary Vto produce "a desired operating range.

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Fig. 4 'shows thedevice connectedztooperate Vin a'lmarinermcfdiiied in several respects. 'The :form showin is `one which Ihave used in a dairy installati'on where it was desired that an lextremely accurate and sensitive control be used, and where it'was falso 'a desideraturn for reasonsof sanita-- tion'tliat ino part of the vccmtrol `equipment should comelinfcontactwith the Vmilk whose level'it rwas desired toc'ontroi.. .nthis case also it was necessarv that fthe ipumpoperate Ito --empty1thefcon A change of tubes willV usually require a change or adjustment, but a N 8 tainer in which the level was to be controlled, and the condition of failing safe required that if a iailure occurred the pump should cease to operate. The actual pumping equipment is not shown, having nothing to do with the instant invention. 1

Since, with the exception of the capacitive circuit itself, the equipment is identical with that shown in Fig. 1, the various elements are identied by the same reference characters. In the capacitive network, however, certain or" the parts are interchanged. For safety the ground has been changed from the lead i to the lead 3, and the protectiveV resistor li has been transposed to connect to the lead li. The condenser I2 takes the place in the circuit of `the ballast condenser i2 in parallel with the sensitive element lll, and provides the voltage drop represented in the 'vector diagram by "E". The resistor i3 and condenser ld occupy the same positions as before and exercise the same function.

In this case, however, the capacity Vwhich is varied by liquid level has been transferred vto the position formerly occupied by the condenser o. One plate of this condenser becomes the milk itself (indicated bythe reference character 5d), within theV grounded stainless Asteel vat 51. The other condenser plate is a conducting ,disc 52 mounted on a glass plate t3 which covers the vat. This plate connects through a lea-d ed to the grid of the tube. A short length of coaxial cable 55 makes the connection to the vat and the plate v52, and provides a certain amount of baln last. If the run were very short it might be necessary to provide some small additional capacity in parallel with that provided bythe plate and fhe milk, but the capacity should be small, since in the case mentioned the actual capacities used in the circuit were very nearly the same as those employed in the lapplicationrst described. vThe smaller the capacity in this branch ofthe circuit 'the greater the sensitivity of the device. If no ballast is used, however, the apparatus becomes Aso sensitive that uncontrollable extraneous effects may make its operation uncertain. it

can, however, be made sensitive enough to handle any practical case with which 1 Ihave ever been confronted VKwithout loss oi'stability.

It lwill be seen that with this connection a decrease in liquid level will cause `a decrease in capacity and increase 'in the relative length of the vector 'E2 in Fig, 5, 'increasing the length ofthe vectors Ee and Eg and lopeningthe rela-y, thus causing the yequipment to fail safe in this condition Yas it did before.

`It will 'be appreciated that 4by changing the values of the capacities Ain the various branches of the circuit, by utilizing either the iront or-the back contacts of the relay, `and by varying the position 4of the 'phase shifting circuit i3, ai, an almost unlimited Arange lof situations can be taken care of.

ils-stated above, I prefer to'use resistors ii and in the cathode "branch of the circuit, but an inductive vpotential divider can Ybe used instead. The phase shifting circuit can also Vbe transn f-erred to lone 'branch Aci the Voltage ydivider *'i. The particular'-'organization'of the circuits-shown is prererred'becausc it permits 4the use of economical components which `may 'readilybe obtained and which are small in size and permanent in nature and adjustment. A variable inductor might besubs'tituted for the condenser fll, but it would-be much 'less convenient, more costly, and heavier. vI'f these changes are made, ofcourse,

it would be necessary to be sure that the phase shifting circuit were applied across the proper arm of the voltage divider to which it was applied so as to get the phase shift in the right direction. rIhus, if an inductor were used in place of the condenser i4 it would be necessary to shift the circuit to a position across the condenser l2 or I2 in order to shift the vector in the proper direction. Similar precautions would have to be taken in case the phase shift were applied to the circuit which is now resistive.

The milliammeter 21 is not an essential part of the device, but it is of assistance in setting the circuit, and, if desired, it may be calibrated directly in liquid level. This, however, can only be done in a specific installation, since the cabibration would be affected by variations in the setting of the range of operation by condenser I4. Where it is so used I prefer to use a directly calibrated milliammeter and to provide a calibration curve for the convenience oi the user.

Because of the very wide i'ield of operation which equipments of this character are used the examples which I have given are to be taken merely as illustrative and not as limitations upon the scope of the invention: I desire patent protection which is as broad as is possible within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A liquid-level control comprising a capacity element variable by varying the level of the liquid relative thereto, a capacitive circuit connected in series with said element and forming therewith a voltage divider circuit adapted for connection across an alternating current supply, a resistive voltage divider circuit connected in parallel with said first mentioned voltage divider, a gridwgiow tube having a cathode connected to an intermedi'd ate point on one of said voltage dividers and a control electrode connected to an intermediate point on the other and an anode circuit includ- .ing an instrumentality to be operated, and means for varying the phase angle of an arm of one of said voltage divider circuits whereby the latitude between critical operating points of said tube can be varied While maintaining a desired value for one of such critical points.

2. A liquid-level control in accordance with claim l wherein said phase varying means comprises a variable series resistor-capacitor circuit connected across a capacitive element of said first mentioned voltage divider circuit.

A liquid-level control comprising a pair of series connected capacitive elements, one of said elements being variable by variation of the level o1" the liquid to be controlled, a non-capacitive voltage divider connected in parallel with said series pair of elements and adapted for connection across an alternating current supply circuit, and a grid controlled tube having a control circuit connected between the junction of said capacitive elements and an intermediate point on said voltage divider and a work circuit including an instrumentality to be controlled.

l1. A liquid-level control in accordance with claim 3 including means for varying the phase angles in one side of the parallel connection.

5. A control device for actuation by an alternating current supply comprising a bridge circuit having two pairs of arms, the two arms in each pair having like phase characteristics to provide a bridge which can be balanced in both phase and magnitude, a gaseous conduction tube having a cathode, an anode and a control eleotrode, said cathode and control electrode being connected across a diagonal of said bridge circuit, a variable impedance circuit connected in parallel with one of said bridge arms, said variable iinpedance circuit having a different phase characteristic from the bridge arm across which it is connected, means for varying the impedance in one arm of said bridge in accordance with a quantity to be controlled, means for connecting said bridge circuit across said supply and a work circuit adapted for connection to said supply and including said cathode and anode.

6. A device in accordance with claim 5 wherein said variable impedance circuit comprises a resistor and a variable condenser in series.

7. A control device for actuation by an alternating current supply comprising four impedance elements connected as the arms of a bridge circuit, means for varying the impedance of one cf said elements in accordance with a quantity to be controlled and proportioned to bring said bridge approximately into voltage balance, means for connecting said bridge circuit to said supply, a gaseous conduction tube having an anode and a cathode and a control electrode connected across the balanced diagonal of said bridge circuit, means connected in one arm of said bridge circuit for preventing accurate phase balance of said bridge at the condition of voltage balance, and a work circuit including the cathode and anode of said tube and means for connecting the same to said alternating current supply.

DAVID M. COMB.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,331,771 Germeshausen et al. Oct. 12, 1943 2,363,285 Bartholy Nov. 21, 1944 Disclaimer 2,477,511.-Da.vd M. G'omb, Belmont, Calif. LIQUID LEVEL CoNTRoL. Patent dated July 263 1949. Disclaimer filed Feb. 5, 1951, by the inventor.

Hereby enters this-ldisclamer to claim 3 but does not in any Way disclaim the substance of claim when incorporated with the elements set forth in olim of said patent.

` [Oficial Gazette-'March 6, 1.951.]

Disclaimer 27,477,511f-Daw'd M. Comb, Belmont, Calif. LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL.. Pateni: dated July 26; 1949. Disclaimer filed Feb. 5, 1951, by the inventor.

Hereby enters disclaimer to claim Sibut does not in any Way disclaim ifrthe substance of claim 3 when incorporated with the elements set forth in claim 4 of said patent.

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